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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11306
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14141
13 Actual Demand 11015
14 Aggregate Planning 11947
15 Air Cargo 9858
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6472
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34605
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15211
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18965
20 Assembly Line 21722
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22717
22 Average Speed of Answer 26401
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22761
24 Batch Production 37775
25 Bill Discounting 14206
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10891
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6959
28 Blanket Release 9808
29 Bonded Warehouse 9896
30 Booking Number 13484
31 Bottleneck 9289
32 Buffer Stock 58542
33 Build to Stock 12760
34 Bullwhip Effect 9347
35 Business Logistics 25216
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12367
37 Capacity Management 39782
38 Capacity Utilization 13846
39 Capital Intensive 8167
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8454
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11901
42 Certified Supplier 8842
43 Channel Effectiveness 8802
44 Co-Destiny 9088
45 Co-managed Inventory 12255
46 Co-Packers 11591
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6672
48 Computer-Based Training 7538
49 Consular Invoice 19416
50 Container Depot 10421
51 Container Freight Station 10151
52 Continuous Replenishment 19261
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11879
54 Contract Carrier 7223
55 Contract of Affreightment 11238
56 Control Charts 7803
57 Cost Flow 10112
58 Courier Service 14965
59 CPFR 8054
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11590
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43577
62 Date Code 17862
63 Days of Supply 19565
64 Dead on Arrival 9009
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7129
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7915
67 Detective Control 8737
68 Devanning 14050
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10668
70 Dispatching 23865
71 Distributed Inventory 8207
72 Distribution Channel Management 34242
73 Distribution Metrics 8821
74 Distribution Planning 23972
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14952
76 Double Marginalization 52323
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22068
78 Dual 5316
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20376
80 Echelon Inventory 25920
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38030
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49105
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7456
84 Efficient Frontier 25100
85 Engineer-to-Order 31389
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16066
87 Erlang B Formula 9158
88 ETD 8140
89 Ex Works 7711
90 Exception Rate 13222
91 Exponential smoothing 9663
92 External Growth 9870
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9261
94 Field Services 7621
95 Field Warehouse 9742
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8525
97 Fishbone Diagram 14395
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26654
99 Flow Through Distribution 12109
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7983
101 FOB Destination 12778
102 Forward buying 29814
103 Freight Charge 10150
104 Freight Consolidation 7380
105 Gantt Chart 8158
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11508
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29276
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12485
109 Hub 23144
110 Idle Time 7911
 
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